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John Bratton

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1885ID B000772
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LegislationHEADLINE
70%with Dems
of 83 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
70%with Dems
of 83 · both combined

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
69.9%with Democrats
of 83 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 3, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 83 contested votes scored in the 48th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
48th · 1883
Democrat · House · SC48th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JB

John Bratton

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1883–18851 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
69.9%with Democrats
of 83 votes · 30.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested70%of 83 · combined

Career arc

10050018831883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 83 votes69.9%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 83 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

48th · 188348th · 1883
Democrat48th–48th

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